August means evaluation time, and the FFI Operations Team has been reviewing the past year and comparing the progress to our benchmarks (or indicators). Continue reading
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Turkey Valley Spring Seed Starting Day
Turkey Valley usually has an annual Spring planting day, and I was lucky to be a major part of it this year. With the help of Mrs. Vsetecka, Turkey Valley’s garden champion, I gathered some seeds and materials. It was essential to have staff coordination and support for this day to go so well. I was excited to finally feel like Spring is here and so were the kids! The Preschool classrooms, Kindergarten, First and Second grades all planted seeds and watered them. We left the seeds with some extra love, thanks, and good luck wishes to grow healthy this Spring. We are eager to get our hands dirty in the garden and to taste some delicious vegetables! Continue reading
2017 National 4-H Healthy Living Summit
FFI 4-H members Macie Weigand from MFL MarMac (left) and Kaci Rausch from Turkey Valley recently attended the National 4-H Healthy Living Summit in Washington, DC. Behind them is a a futuristic newspaper heading declaring that “All communities in NE Iowa are food secure!” Continue reading
Vegetables for Valentine’s Day
Last week, I visited Turkey Valley on Valentine’s Day! I wanted to make it really fun, special, and of course healthy! Continue reading
Youth Leaders Address the Issues of Poverty, Hunger and Food Insecurity
4-H Food and Fitness members gathered from 9 school districts around NE Iowa for the Regional Youth Leadership Team winter gathering on the Luther College campus this month. These youth and adults from area schools meet quarterly to learn about wellness issues in their communities, identify projects to help their school or community, and network by sharing experiences of their club projects and build ideas for future ones. Continue reading
Wellness at the “core” of our common core
Turkey Valley kindergarten students incorporating the garden into their common core – writing and observation skills.
Summer in Winter
The school garden beds in Oelwein are blanketed in snow and ice, and the sub-zero temperatures today seem so distant from the heat and humidity of the Northeast Iowa summer. I have been filling up on roots: turnips, carrots, and potatoes. Storage crops grown by local farmers this past season are keeping me nourished and warm during this season of sleep. I am so lucky to have access to healthy, local food. I am so privileged to have breakfast, lunch, and dinner each day. Continue reading
We’re proud of our farmers!
As October is farm-to-school month, we’ve been having a blast celebrating our farmers and all the work they do! The students at both Turkey Valley and St. Joseph’s collected photos of their favorite farmers and we created a display in the lunch room of these food heroes. Continue reading
New Adventures, New Friends: Musings of a New Resource Contact
The life of a new Food and Fitness Resource Contact: lots of meetings, lots of new names and introductions, lots of curious looks from kids, lots of buysness… but LOTS of FUN! Continue reading
A Garden We Will Grow
The past few months have been busy in the Turkey Valley 4th grade classroom. Mrs. Vsetecka’s classroom is in charge of planning, planting and harvesting the school garden. The process is quite lengthy and takes a lot of planning and collaboration among the class. Continue reading
